Circuit des Yeux will be out on tour supporting their sixth album and first for Matador, 2021’s ’-io,’ and ahead of those dates they've shared a new single, ”The Manatee (A Story of This World Pt. III).”
This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Urge Overkill, Steve Gunn, Modern Nature and Night Crickets (members of Bauhaus & Violent Films), plus the Meet Me in the Bathroom documentary and a look back at Built to Spill's ‘Perfect from Now On‘
The 2022 lineup for UK fest End of the Road also includes Kurt Vile & The Violators, The Magnetic Fields, Aldous Harding, Perfume Genius, Kevin Morby, Tinariwen, Black Midi, Lucy Dacus, and lots more.
John Darnielle's 2021 favorite include albums by Wardruna, Ruins of Beverast, Arooj Aftab, Sarah Jarosz, and he'll begin 2022 with a book tour for his new novel ’Devil House’
Plus: Circuit des Yeux, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Johnny Jewel, Shamir, Indigo Sparke, Just Mustard, Kiwi Jr, Pip Blom, Anna Fox Rochinski, Sweeping Promises, King Hannah, Cadence Weapon, and lots more. SXSW happens March 14 - 20 in Austin.